Hello, I've already told we're goiing to visit KNP in July. We will stay at Orpen, Olifants, Shingwedzi and Punda Maria.As we stay in Sabie town we want to make a day trip or two to the south of KNP. How many km you can drive in a day time and still have enough time to observe the annimals? I need this to plan some routes we can take.

Hi Piet-Hein. Allow about 25-30km/hour driving speed without time taken for stops for picnics and parked at waterholes etc. I have done up to 200km in the Park in a day, and it has been fine. But I would say doing 100km a day is comfortable and recommend that.

I agree with DB, about 100kms is enough with stops.
If you enter at Kruger gate you could do Skukuza, with a stop at Lake Panic, then drive to Lower Sabie and back, a nice drive along the river.
Have a great trip!

We usually stick to about 160 Km maximum as this still gives you ample enough stoppage time , but then we do spend the entire day in the car . Usually we do alot less though, 100km is probably the best .

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle

200km, but we leave when the gates open and return when they close. There is time to enjoy sightings, but we don't dally hoping the lions will wake up (which they most usually don't). We see about 90 sightings of game except impala during that time on a good day, and stop briefly at picnic sites, look out points and for lunch.

Whatever (according to BB): "You are correct but I don't want to admit it".

Not a stupid questions at all Piet-Hein. At each intersection on the roads, there are signs with distances and directions to the camps. The maps one can buy in the Park are also very good and well marked with distances between points.

Tts almost impossible to get lost in Kruger. Every road junction is well signposted and as DB said, the maps are excellent. Having said that, keep checking because often both roads lead to the same camp/ gate so you must check the time and distance and and take the appropriate route

"In the end we conserve only that which we love, we love only that which we understand, we understand only that which we are taught" (Baba Dioum, Senegalese Ecologist)

I've been curious for many a moon about how fast successful game viewers drive, and how long they drive in a day. I drive according to the speed that allows me to see through every gap in the bush and up every tree. This depends on the time of the year and the thickness of the bush in an area. However, I usually average around 20 km/h, although there have been times I have done 10 km/h!

I'm just wondering if I'm driving TOO slowly - i.e. covering too little ground, and whether it would be better to pump it up a bit. I see game guides usually hang around 30-40 km/h, even at night . Do I need to bump up my viewing skills, or am I spot on at the moment?

How fast do you drive, fellow mites; and do you drive the whole day, or just the cooler hours?(No, this is not a trap to nab you!)